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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ĕm'ĭ-grā'tion-al, a. p. 441Relating to emigration.Em'i-grā'tion-ist, n. p. 441An advocate or promoter of emigration.Ĕm'i-grā'tor, n. p. 441An emigrant. [Rare.]Em'i-nence or Em'i-nen-cy, n. p. 441That which is eminent or exalted; a height; an elevation. “Without eminences or cavities.” Dryden. The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence. Burke. 2. An elevated situation among men; a…Ĕm'i-nent, a. p. 441High; lofty; towering; overhanging; projecting. “A very eminent promontory.” Evelyn. 2. Exalted in rank; high in office or public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; remarkable; as, an eminent…Ĕm'i-nent-ly, adv. p. 441In an eminent or high degree; in a degree to be conspicuous and distinguished from others; as, to be eminently learned or useful.Ē'mir or E-meer', n. p. 441An Arabian prince, military commander, and governor of a conquered province; also, an honorary title given at present in Turkey to the descendants of Mahomet.Ĕm'is-sa-ry, n. p. 441A person sent on a mission; especially, a person sent on a private message or business; a secret agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers. Buzzing emissaries fill…Ĕm'is-sa-ry, a. p. 441Exploring; spying. B. Jonson. 2. (Anat.) Conveying excretions; excretory; as, emissary vessels.Ĕm'is-sa-ry-shĭp, n. p. 441The office of an emissary. B. Jonson.E-mis'sion, n. p. 441The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of State notes…Ĕm'/is-sĭ'tiōŭs, a. p. 441Looking, or narrowly examining; prying. [Obs.] “Those emissitious eyes.” Bp. Hall.E-mis'sive, a. p. 441Sending out; emitting. Brooke.E-mĭs'so-ry, a. p. 441(Anat.) Conveying out; emissive; — said of certain ducts or veins which convey fluids out of the body.E-mit',, v. t. p. 441To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun and moon emit light. Lest, wrathful, the far-shooting…E-mit'tent, a. p. 441Sending out; emissive. Boyle.Em-mān’tle, v. t. p. 441To cover over with, as a mantle; to envelop; to put about as a protection. [Obs.] Under the bending cope of which [heaven] all things are emmantled. Holland.Em-mär'ble, v. t. p. 441To turn to marble; to petrify. [Obs.] Thou dost emmarble the proud heart. Spenser.Em-mĕn'a-gōgue, n. p. 441(Med.) A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.Ĕm'me-nōl'o-gy, n. p. 441(Med.) A treatise on menstruation. Dunglison.Ĕm'met, n. p. 442An ant or pismire. See ANT.Em-mew', v. t. p. 442To confine, as in a mew or cage; to coop up. Shak.Em'mol-lĕs'cence, n. p. 442That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility.Em-move′, v. t. p. 442To move; to rouse; to excite. [Obs.] Spenser.E-mŏl'li-āte, v. t. p. 442To soften; to render effeminate. Emolliated by four centuries of Roman domination, the Belgie colonies had forgotten their pristine valor. Pinkerton.E-mōl'lient, a. p. 442Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient. “Barley is emollient.” Arbuthnot.E-mŏl'lient, n. p. 442(Med.) An external application to allay irritation, and alleviate inflammatory soreness, swelling, and pain.E-mŏl'li-ment, n. p. 442A softening or relaxing; assuaging. [Obs.] Cockeram.Ĕm'ol-li'tion, n. p. 442The act of softening or relaxing.E-mŏl'ū-ment, n. p. 442[Lat. emolumentum, literally a working out, from emoliri, to move out, to work out, from e, out, and moliri, to set in motion, from moles, a huge, heavy mass; Fr. émolument, Pr. emolumen, Sp., Pg., &…E-mŏl'ū-mĕnt'al, a. p. 442Pertaining to, or producing, emolument; yielding profit; useful; profitable; advantageous. [Rare.] Evelyn.E-mông' or E-môngst', prep. p. 442Among. [Obs. and rare.] Spenser.E-mō'tion, n. p. 442A moving of the mind or soul; hence, any excitement of sensibility; a state of excited feeling of any kind; especially, an intense excitement of feeling manifested by motion or effects on the body…E-mō'tion, v. t. p. 442To move; to excite the sensibilities of. [Rare.] W. Scott.E-mō'tion-al or E-mō'tĭve, a. p. 442Pertaining to emotion, or the capacity for emotion; attended or characterized by emotion. Mackintosh.E-move', v. t. p. 442To move. [Obs.] Spenser.Em-pâir', v. t. p. 442To impair. [Obs.] Spenser.Em-pāis'tic, n. p. 442(Antiq.) Inlaid work consisting of threads or lines of metal pressed or forced into some other metal. Fairholt.Em-pāle’, v. t. p. 442To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes or posts for defense. [Obs.] All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save themselves from surprise. Raleigh. 2. To inclose…Em-pāle', v. t. p. 442To cause to grow pale; to pale. [Obs. and rare.] No bloodless malady empales their face. G. Fletcher.Em-pāle'ment, n. p. 442A fencing, fortifying, or inclosing with stakes. 2. A putting to death by thrusting a stake into the body. 3. (Bot.) The calyx of a plant which surrounds the other parts of fructification. 4. (Her.)…Em-păn'el, n. p. 442(Law.) A list of jurors; a panel. Cowell.Em-păn'el, v. t. p. 442See IMPANEL.Em-pā'r'a-dīse, v. t. p. 442The same as IMPARADISE.Em-pärk', v. t. p. 442To make a park of; to inclose, as with a fence. [Obs.] Bp. King.Em-pär'lançe, n. p. 442The same as IMPARLANCE.Em-pāṣm’, n. p. 442A powder used to remove any disagreeable odor of the body. Johnson.Em-păs'sion, v. t. p. 442To move with passion; to affect strongly. See IMPASSION. She was empassioned at that piteous act. Spenser.Em-păs'sion-ate, a. p. 442Strongly affected. Spenser.Em-pawn′, v. t. p. 442To put in pawn; to pledge. To sell, empawn, and alienate the estates of the church. Milman.Em-pēach’, v. t. p. 442See IMPEACH.Em-pēarl', v. t. p. 442To cover or adorn with pearls, or any thing resembling pearls.Em-pēo'ple, v. t. p. 442To form into a people or community; to inhabit; to people. [Obs.] “We know ’tis very well employed.” Browne.Em'per-ess, n. p. 442The same as EMPRESS.Em-pĕr'il, v. t. p. 442To put in peril; to endanger.Em-pĕr'ished, a. p. 442Decayed. [Obs.] Spenser.Em'per-or, n. p. 442The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; a title of dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany or of Russia. Emperor paper, the largest size of drawing paper.Ĕm′per-or-shĭp, n. p. 442The office or power of an emperor. [Rare.] Faber.Ĕm'per-y, n. p. 442Empire; power. [Rare.] “Struggling for my woman's empery.” E. B. Browning.Em-pĕt'rŭm, n. p. 442(Bot.) A genus of plants, including the crow-berry.